#E0A540#E0A540

#E0A540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.134 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0A540
RGB	rgb(224, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 71.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 12.28, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 59.81, 78.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.0293 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.134 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1240, 43.1312, 10.7981)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0A540 #407BE0

analogous

#E05540 #E0A540 #CBE040

triadic

#E0A540 #40E0A5 #A540E0

tetradic

#E0A540 #40E055 #407BE0 #E040CB

square

#E0A540 #40E055 #407BE0 #E040CB

split-complementary

#E0A540 #40CBE0 #5540E0

monochromatic

#8E6217 #C38720 #E0A540 #E9BE75 #F1D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E0A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#E0A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0A540

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0A540	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F39590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.134 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebf7a',
    500: '#e0a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0a540;
$custom-light: #eebf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.875,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76007,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0A540

secondary

#9DB5DF

accent

#7CEF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0A540

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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